Baginton Aerodrome
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 View along Coventry Road, Baginton showing buildings about 4 miles away in Coventry city centre in the distance. |
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| Baginton shown within Warwickshire | |
| Population | 755 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | SP3474 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | KENILWORTH |
| Postcode district | CV8 |
| Dialling code | 024 |
| EU Parliament | West Midlands |
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Baginton is a village and civil parish in the Warwick district of Warwickshire, England, and has a common border with the City of Coventry of the West Midlands county. With a population of 801 (2001 Census), Baginton village is four miles (6.5 km) south of Coventry city centre and seven miles (11 km) north of Leamington Spa. The population had reduced slightly to 755 at the 2011 Census. The Lucy Price playing field is situated centrally in the village.
Coventry Airport (built 1936), the Lunt Roman Fort and the ancient "Baginton oak" tree are within the village, whilst the Midland Air Museum and Electric Railway Museum, Warwickshire are just outside Baginton.
The road from Baginton to southern Coventry (the city's Finham district) passes over the River Sowe near an old mill, which now is inhabited by a restaurant and hotel called The Old Mill.
Baginton is often misspelt / mispronounced as 'Bagington'.
The Domesday Book records that in the 11th century Baginton consisted of 15 households and a mill.
Baginton is home to Coventry Airport, which lies just southeast of the village. First opened in 1936 as Baginton Aerodrome, it has been used for general aviation, flight training, and commercial freight and passenger flights. It had a grass surface for aeroplanes to land and take off. With World War II it became a fighter airfield. By October 1941 308 Polish squadron were located at Baginton.
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